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McIlroy fully focussed on Open

Rory McIlroy has revealed that he doesn’t intend to play another tournament until the Open Championship, following his stunning victory at the US Open. The 22-year-old stunned the golfing world with his eight-shot victory at Congressional to seal his maiden major title, breaking six records over the course of the four days. Those looking at [...]

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Kaymer out to prove his quality

Martin Kaymer will spend the opening two rounds of this week’s US Open in a group containing the current top-two players in the world, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood. Kaymer currently finds himself third in the rankings but the 26-year-old German has been in grave danger of slipping out of the top-three after a disappointing [...]

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Calm before the storm for G-Mac

It’s fair to say that last year’s US Open champion Graeme McDowell is hardly in the sort of form he would have liked ahead of his defence next week. The Northern Irishman was always going to find it nearly impossible to match his achievements from last year, but the 31-year-old wouldn’t have thought he would [...]

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McDowell seeks change in fortunes

Reigning US Open champion Graeme McDowell will head to Wentworth this week looking to bounce back from a disastrous few weeks. First up the 31-year old missed the cut at the New Orleans Classic, before throwing away a final round lead at the Players Championship by shooting a shocking 79. That poor recent run hasn’t [...]

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Woods on slippery slide ahead of US Open

With the US Open just around the corner, Tiger Woods wouldn’t have wanted to go into the second major of the season ranked outside the world top-10. The 14-time major winner has seen his ranking drop down to 12th, its lowest position since April 1997. Without a title since the 2009 Australian Masters, Woods is [...]

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Mickelson out to end US Open drought

Despite having both a Masters and a title under his belt, Phil Mickelson will be hoping to end his long wait to win his first US Open title when the tournament gets underway on June 16th. Having finished second on a number of occasions, most recently in 2009, he will be hoping to add this [...]

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Birthday boy Lee Westwood claims Indonesian title

Lee Westwood celebrated his 38th birthday with a three-shot victory over the rest of the field to claim the Indonesian Open title. The victory will go a long way towards the Englishman’s quest of reclaiming the world number-one spot after dropping to second behind Martin Kaymer last year. Westwood’s fellow Englishman Luke Donald had his [...]

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Golf Clothing

The golf season is now well and truly under way after the annual US Masters Championship at Augusta National. For golfers in the UK it’s the first time many pick up their interest in the great game for the new season as the manicured fairways and greens of Augusta encourage droves of golfers back onto [...]

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Can Poulter live up to his own hype?

Ian Poulter is not afraid to speak his mind or talk up his chances of success. However, with no success to his name in Major Championships, Poulter knows that he needs to go out there and start performing at the kind of level that can turn that chat into tangible success. With Poulter having performed [...]

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Padraig confident of success

Having recently secured an eighth-place finish at the Shell Houston Open at Redstone Golf Club, Padraig Harrington’s all-round game appears to be in pretty good shape as he looks forward to this week’s US Masters tournament. Whilst the Irishman will need to be at the very top of his game to beat Phil Mickelson – [...]

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